losing baby weight

Did You Gain or Lose Weight After You Stopped Breastfeeding?

July 20, 2009

I keep saying that breastfeeding is the best diet I have ever been on, yet when I mention this a lot of women tell me that they feel like their bodies are holding on to weight they can’t shed because of their breastfeeding. My friend Karen warns me that I should be very careful after [...]

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How Long Did You Breastfeed? Why Did You Stop?

July 14, 2009

This picture was taken this weekend. Landon had so much fun at the ocean — and a quick snack before he ran off to play in the sand with his cousins some more! I have been breastfeeding Landon now for 2 years, 8 months and 2 weeks — and my little boy and I don’t have any intention [...]

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How I Became an Attachment Parenting Mom

June 4, 2009

People sometimes ask me why or how I became an attachment parenting parent, and that made me wonder myself. The truth is that I never planned to be an attachment parent, I didn’t even know about it until Landon was about two years old. It wasn’t until a few months ago that I finally made [...]

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Health Benefits for Mothers Who Breastfeed

April 22, 2009

I am breastfeeding a 2 ½-year-old toddler, and I have no problem doing it in public. In fact, I am so proud and glad that I am still breastfeeding that I have a breastfeeding counter on the bottom of my blog page! You would expect strangers to give me looks, but I actually have to [...]

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Confessions of a Former Exercise Fan

April 20, 2009

Oh, the good old days, exercising while pregnant . . . Okay, I am getting fat. This is going in the wrong direction — summer is upon us! Aaah! My weight is okay, but I am just so out of shape! I am wearing the same four pants over and over again because I refuse [...]

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